HENRY SHIELDS & ALLIE DART,
AGAINST ALL SENSIBLE ADVICE,
JOIN THE ORIGINAL UK CAST OF
CHRISTMAS CAROL GOES WRONG
CRASHING INTO MANCHESTER & PORTSMOUTH
BEFORE
CHAOS HITS LOS ANGELES
By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields
Directed by Matt DiCarlo
www.ChristmasCarolGoesWrong.com
Wednesday 26 August 2026 – We have been warned by MISCHIEF, the multi-award winning company behind The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and The Comedy About Spies, that most of the original UK cast plus co-writer Henry Shields and Allie Dart, will perform in Christmas Carol Goes Wrong at Manchester Opera House (17-21 November 2026), Portsmouth’s Kings Theatre (24-28 November 2026) and at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles (12 December 2026-January 10 2027). Prepare for a theatrical catastrophe like no other this Christmas.
The full cast responsible for the chaos this Christmas in these three venues is Matt Cavendish (Max), Allie Dart (Annie), Sasha Frost (Sandra), Henry Lewis (Robert), Chris Leask (Trevor) and Jonathan Sayer (Dennis), Henry Shields (Chris) and Greg Tannahill (Jonathan).
The understudies are Matthew Biddulph, Siobhan Cha Cha, Orla O’Sullivan and Josh Patel-Foster.
The performances in Manchester and Portsmouth are part of the show’s second UK tour which begins in Bromley on 27 October 2026 and continues to bring a cacophony of chaos and Christmas cheer around the country until 7 March 2027.
The cast is yet to be announced for the remaining tour venues and for the production’s West End run at the Wyndham’s Theatre which begins on 18 December 2026 and runs until 23 January 2027.
The North American premiere sees Mischief return to the Ahmanson Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles, where Peter Pan Goes Wrong shocked audiences in 2023. Alongside the Australian production in the Gold Coast and Sydney, this will be the first time yuletide mayhem has attempted to be performed outside the UK. Christmas Carol Goes Wrong in LAisproduced by Kenny Wax, Stage Presence and Kevin McCollum.
The cast for the show in Australia (Hota in the Gold Coast from 4-12 December 2026, and at Sydney Opera House from 17-29 December) is also yet to be announced. Christmas Carol Goes Wrong is brought to Australia by GMG Productions & Stoddart Entertainment Group. The Mischief production of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong is presented globally in arrangement with Mischief Worldwide Ltd.
Christmas Carol Goes Wrong brings tidings of chaos and joy as The Cornley Amateur Drama Society return and attempt to tackle the Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. The Cornley crew battle miscommunication, delays to their set, actors missing in action and a growing feud over who will play the lead. This disastrous take on the much loved classic Christmas story of Ebenezer Scrooge is a festive slice of pure escapism.
Christmas Carol Goes Wrong played to sell-out houses, when it premiered at the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue last year. It is written by original Mischief Members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields and the production is directed by Matt DiCarlo, who also helmed the award-winning The Comedy About Spies which is on its second mission at London’s Adelphi Theatre where it is running until 26 September 2026.
The creative team joining the authors and director are set designer Libby Todd, costume designer Roberto Surace, lighting designer David Howe and sound designer and composer Alexandra Faye Braithwaite.
A 15 minute short documentary is available on YouTube, where you can go behind the mayhem and chaos and discover how this disastrous festive treat has been created by MISCHIEF.
Christmas Carol Goes Wrong in the West End and on tour in the UK is produced by Kenny Wax and Stage Presence.
FOR ALL TICKET INFORMATION:
www.ChristmasCarolGoesWrong.com
LONDON’S WEST END
Wyndham’s Theatre
A Delfont Mackintosh Theatre
18 December 2026 – 23 January 2027
THE UK TOUR
Churchill Theatre Bromley
27-31 October 2026
Norwich Theatre Royal
3-7 November 2026
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
10-14 November 2026
Manchester Opera House
17-21 November 2026
Kings Theatre, Portsmouth
24-28 November 2026
Leeds Grand Theatre
8-12 December 2026
Grand Opera House, York
26-30 January 2026
Milton Keynes Theatre
2 – 6 February 2027
New Theatre, Cardiff
9-13 February 2027
Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
16-20 February 2027
Theatre Royal Newcastle
23-27 February 2027
The Arts Theatre, Cambridge
2-7 March 2027
NORTH AMERICA
Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles
12 December 2026 – 10 January 2027
AUSTRALIA
HOTA, Gold Coast
4-12 December
Opera House Sydney
17-29 December
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